Wade Preston Shearer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Reread Levi's comment and that might answer your question. > > How? >
Well, you instruct your email client to go back to the email I wrote... Oh, you mean, "How might it answer my question?" Well, consider that the Microsoft CLI is aka ECMA-335, and Silverlight is based upon that. Also consider that Microsoft is giving additional support to the Moonlight team (http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2007/Sep-05.html). So, here's how the two technologies compare: Adobe Flash: Proprietary runtime provided by a single vendor Proprietary language (though based on a standard one) Linux binary-only support from Adobe Microsoft Silverlight: Standard language infrastructure (ECMA-334) Standard languages (ECMA-334, Iron Python, Iron Ruby, etc.) Microsoft binary-only runtime for Windows/MacOS Novell supplied, MS sanctioned runtime for Linux (open source) --Levi /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
